Ballots to remain uncounted in MI and Stein blocked in Philly. Guest: Election integrity, law expert Paul Lehto says this proves 'only option is to get it right on Election Night'. Also: Trump taps climate denier, fossil-fuel tool for EPA...

Much coming. But none of it for the moment, as I climb mountains over here for many hours today and tonight. Therefore, consider this an open thread if you like until I can come out from under...

That said, investigative journalist and BRAD BLOG friend, Greg Palast, whose new book Armed Madhouse hits the shelves this week has been kind enough to offer us 10 signed copies of the book for use as a premium to contributors here!

Couldn't come at a better time, frankly, as we are also being forced to expedite some software/design changes sooner rather than later due to increasingly virulent spam/hack attempts that have taken the site down at various times over the last several weeks. They are getting worse, and our hope is the new software will ward off some of those attacks (as well as allowing for many enhancements I've been hoping to make for some time --- more on all of this later.) To make it all happen sooner, rather than later, however, is going to cost no small amount of money for me, but it's gotten so bad I've got no choice.

So...The first 10 folks who send in donations of $50 or more will receive a signed copy of Greg's new book shipped to you by mail! (We're undercutting Greg himself who is offering same for $100 on his site!) If interested, please be sure to give your mailing address when you donate so we know where to ship it!

Thanks go to Greg for his generous offer and support of the blog! To learn more about Armed Madhouse, see my earlier posts about the day I recorded audio for the Armed Madhouse audio version with Ed Asner and Janeane Garafalo (here,) as well as some exclusive readings from those sessions by myself and Asner (here.) Or just stop by www.GregPalast.com.

To donate online click here. For snail mail donations, see the address in the blue box at right. (Though I can't guarantee you'll be amongst the first 10 if you go by snail mail, I receive few enough donations however, that you may actually still have a pretty good chance!)

I'd be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to thank all of you who have supported The BRAD BLOG throughout the years. Your generosity is consistently moving and help makes all of this possible. I never enjoy having to ask for support, but that's what we've got as of now. I do try to send a personal thanks via email to those who donate online, but it's almost impossible for me to reply personally to those who send in snail mail donations. So I hope this thanks goes at least some of the way to share my appreciation for your incredibly generous support, no matter what what form it may come by!

UPDATE 6/5/06: Thanks guys! We received 13 donations before I was able to get back here and cut it off, so I'm going to see if I can get 3 more books from GP. If not, I'll let the final three who came in know about it, and return the donations to ya, if you like. In the meantime, of course, donations from any readers out of pure altruistic support of The BRAD BLOG are always appreciated (and needed) either way. Thanks again! I'll try and make more such premiums available in the near future!

I'll say it again, I think its a colorblind thing
People that are that way have a hard time with reds and greens
I've seen people with it, but ask someone who is complaining if they suffer from this disability
I've seen people discriminated against because of it
especially in the electrical field

CrooksandLiars.com is one of my favorite blogs. If they don't allow such discussions about 9/11 then it's because they have standards and those standards don't include wild speculation on 9/11 conspiracy theories. Giving credibility to these topics allows critics of liberal blogs to dismiss them as the extremist fringe.

People who go from site to site spamming links about 9/11 regardless of whether its relevant to the article, story, thread, or discussion are just as bad as trolls who disrupt in the same way. Even spam bots have the courtesy to say 'Excuse me for interupting'.

I want to take advantage of the fact that this is an open thread & ask if Shannon Williford is at the keyboard tonight?
And if so, Shannon, are ya going to the Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester later this month?

So Palast was in Portland last night. Anyone have comments on the event? I will be seeing him in Seattle tomorrow - hope to see some BradBloggers from Western WA there (tickets available at Elliot Bay Books - $10). I will be videotaping the event, and I will send DVD copy of it to someone/anyone (Brad?) who can post the video on a website. I'll also take this opportunity to offer the same for the Fitrakis talk that I went to see back in September '05 as he was promoting his book Did GWBush Steal America's 2004 Election? It's about 1.5 hrs long, with Q&A. Riveting, and much of Fitrakis' research ends up in RFKs article.

If anyone wants to post these videos, please contact me: soulrebeljc@hotmail.com I will put a DVD in the mail to you.